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Handcuff Police Put Pair Metal Wrist Meaning N

英语单词 handcuff
英美音标 英 ['hændkʌf] 美 ['hændkʌf]
中文释义 n.【常复数】手拷
v.上手拷
英语例句 (1) The prisoner wore (a pair of) handcuffs.
(2) The police search and handcuff both men.
中文例句 (1) 犯人戴著(一副)手铐。
(2) 警官对他们俩进行了搜身,给他们上了手铐。
vocabulary简明 A handcuff is a metal restraint that closes around a person's wrist. When police arrest a suspect, they often put handcuffs on him.
vocabulary扩展 You'll almost always find this word in its plural form, since handcuffs come in pairs, one for each wrist. It's also a verb, meaning "to put handcuffs on a person." Police officers carry handcuffs with them, so that they're ready to handcuff criminals and troublemakers. Handcuffs hold the wrists close to each other, usually behind the wearer's back. The earliest meaning of handcuff was "decorative sleeve," in the 1640s.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-PLURAL 复数名词]手铐 Handcuffs are two metal rings which are joined together and can be locked round someone's wrists, usually by the police during an arrest.
  [also a pair of N]
  • He was led away to jail in handcuffs.

    他戴着手铐被送进了监狱。

2
[VERB 动词]用手铐铐;给…戴上手铐 If you handcuff someone, you put handcuffs around their wrists.
  [V n]
  • They tried to handcuff him but, despite his injuries, he fought his way free.

    他们试图把他铐起来,但尽管有伤在身,他还是奋力挣脱了。

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